Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
दातव्यं भोक्तव्यं सति विभवे संचयो न कर्तव्यः । पश्येह मधुकरीणां संचितमर्थं हरंत्यन्ये
dātavyaṃ bhoktavyaṃ sati vibhave saṃcayo na kartavyaḥ | paśyeha madhukarīṇāṃ saṃcitamarthaṃ haraṃtyanye
Wenn man Mittel hat, soll man geben und auch genießen; man soll nicht horten. Sieh: Andere tragen den angesammelten Reichtum der Honigbienen fort.
Narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Honey-bees labor to store honey in a hive; a passerby harvests it—parallel to a hoarder’s chest being emptied by thieves/time; contrasted with a donor distributing food at a tīrtha rest-house.
FAQs
Hoarded wealth is insecure and spiritually sterile; dharmic giving and rightful enjoyment are the wise use of prosperity.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a universal instruction placed within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.
Dāna is explicitly advised; the verse also sanctions dharmic bhoga rather than excessive accumulation.